UK govt unveils £32m AI funding boost
News The pledge comes just days after scrapping the Conservative party’s £1.3 billion AI investment The new Labour government has announced £32 million in funding for 98 AI projects designed to improve the UK’s productivity and public services. In a press release published yesterday, the government confirmed that AI companies working on solutions such as improve safety on construction sites, reduce time spent repairing the railways and cut emissions across supply chains, will receive a...
Nokia and Swisscom partner on Swiss drone network
News The new drone network is set to enhance safety and efficiency across Switzerland, showcasing the potential of drone technology in public safety and industry Nokia and Swisscom Broadcast are partnering to deploy a nationwide Drones-as-a-Service (DaaS) network in Switzerland. The project will involve 300 of Nokia’s Drone-in-a-Box units, which are designed to improve public safety and industrial operations across the country. The initiative, Nokia’s second large-scale drone network after...
Thousands of kms of fibre could be left underutilised warns asset reuse specialist
Press Release 8th August 2024 – Some builders of full fibre networks who have received government funding to create broadband connectivity in rural and hard to reach areas could be failing to make their cables easily available to other operators, despite open networking being a condition of receiving taxpayers’ money. Failing to promote and enable access to these networks is holding back plans to ‘level-up’ rural and remote communities across the UK, according to asset reuse...
NTT to launch new AI company ‘NTT AI-CIX’
News The telco is the latest to join the global race for AI dominance Japanese telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) has announced its intention to launch a new AI company, named NTT AI-CIX, that the company says will focus on the promotion of “chained AI”, rather than “individual AI”. With 1.95 billion yen ($13.6 million) in capital, the new company is set to officially launch on 26 August in Tokyo. “By becoming a company that can carry out everything from research and...
UK Broadband and Mobile Providers Balk at Ofcom’s Call for Battery Backup
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has published some of the responses they’ve received from fixed broadband ISPs and mobile operators to their consultation on enhancing network resilience in order to “reduce the risk of network outages“ (here). Suffice to say that many operators are balking at the costs of deploying national battery backup. At present Communications Providers (CSPs) already have a legal obligation to identify, prepare for and reduce the risk of anything that compromises the...
Trenches Law Closes Wayleave Division Setup to Help UK FTTP Builds UPDATE
Telecoms focused legal firm Trenches Law has revealed to ISPreview that, “due to industry conditions”, they’ve taken the decision to close Trenches Wayleave Ltd, which is the branch that was set-up to help various UK full fibre broadband operators to simplify and manage the often complex wayleave process (legal land/property access agreements). The move may well come as a surprise, not least because it follows only around a year after Trenches Wayleave Ltd. sought Code Powers from Ofcom to...
ISP Grain Breaks Own Record with 29 Minute UK FTTP Broadband Install
Alternative broadband ISP and network builder Grain (Grain Connect) claims to have broken their previous home installation record of 36 minutes (here). The event occurred yesterday after a new customer signed-up and had a brand-new Full Fibre (FTTP) broadband service installed into their home in just 29 minutes. The operator’s full fibre network currently covers 220,000 premises (21st May 2024) across parts of 59 UK locations (and over 150 new build housing developments), which includes a lot...
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Unveils the Largest Digital Intelligence Operations Center in Southeast East Asia, Marking a New Era in Intelligence Native Telco
Viewpoint Jakarta, August 6th, 2024 – Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH) today celebrates a major milestone in its journey towards digital transformation with the inauguration of its state-of-the-art Digital Intelligence Operations Center (DIOC) on. This advanced facility represents a significant leap forward in Indosat’s commitment to leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver exceptional service to more than 100 million customers across Indonesia. The DIOC was inaugurated by...
IOH launches Southeast Asia’s largest digital intelligence operations centre
News The facility is a collaboration between IOH and Huawei, and will act as the centre of the telco’s network operations, providing real-time insights and proactive service management, to ensure the reliability and optimal performance of the network Indonesia-based telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has announced the launch of their Digital Intelligence Operations Center (DIOC). The DIOC will feature End-to-End Service Management of all its services, which will allow any customer issues...
To the edge: how AI is revolutionising the way we network
Viewpoint This article was written by Matt Rees, Chief Technology & Operating Officer at Neos Networks Matt Rees, Chief Technology & Operating Officer at Neos Networks No one needs to be reminded of the dominance of AI and its impact on every aspect of our lives. For telecoms, AI is also fueling another, distinct revolution that is fundamentally changing how networks operate. The ever-growing demand for generative AI (GenAI) is driving the rise of ‘edge computing’, with edge data...